[stunnel-users] JHH re: Server down? [GishPuppy]

Thu Oct 20 12:51:33 CEST 2016

I agree with This too.  Commenting the Comcast stanzas should fix the issue. However, as explained by the user, the config file was working with an older stunnel version (circa 2013). Perhaps that version did not check the error condition...

Regards 
Jose

> El 19/10/2016, a las 1:21 p.m., gmane.bl4 at gishpuppy.com escribió:
> 
> John H Hoffmann wrote:
> 
>> upgraded to latest sTunnel v 5.36.
> 
>> In restarting sTunnel I immediately got a 
>> 'server down' error
> 
>> [ ] Service [pop3s] (FD=432) bound to 0.0.0.0:995
> 
>> 
>> [!] bind: Permission denied (WSAEACCES) (10013)
>> 
>> [!] Error binding service [comcast-pop3] to 127.0.0.1:995
> 
> 
> You probably have in the stunnel.conf something similar to:
> 
>    [pop3s]
>    accept=995
>    {...}
> 
>    [comcast-pop3]
>    accept=127.0.0.1:995
>    {...}
> 
> accept=995 == 0.0.0.0:995 == (all localhost IPv4 addresses):995
> 
> Which includes 127.0.0.1:995
> 
> When the [comcast-pop3] service tries to bind to port 995
> it fails because it is already bound at the [pop3s] service.
> 
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